NLP’s advice cited in USA Today article on election disinformation

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Jessica Guynn, a senior technology writer at USA Today, includes advice from the News Literacy Project in her Dec. 12 article, “Facebook disinformation in the 2020 presidential election: What you can do to stop its spread”: When you’re checking your social media feeds, watch out for manipulated and fabricated images and videos, and give political endorsements (which are easily faked by disinformation peddlers) a second look before “liking” or sharing.

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With InfoWars to be auctioned, NLP’s Charles Salter tells Semafor: ‘It is gratifying to see some accountability’ 

A judge has allowed the auction of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ InfoWars media outlet to compensate victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, and the news platform Semafor reports that some of his opponents hope to bid on his properties.   News Literacy Project President and CEO Charles Salter noted that, “selling InfoWars won’t end…

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